What is salt therapy?

Salt Therapy – also known as Halotherapy – is a proven wellness treatment that has been around for hundreds of years. It is widely used in Europe, Australia, many Eastern cultures and Canada. It is a natural, clinically proven treatment using micron-sized salt crystals to create a natural micro-climate similar to that of natural salt caves or seashores. Micron-sized pharmaceutical-grade salt is suspended in the air by halogenerators designed to finely grind and blow the salt into the air as a very fine mist that gently brushes over clients' skin as they breathe it in; this has been found to have significant healing benefits.

Benefits

Customers can benefit from Salt Therapy almost immediately. It aids in eliminating the symptoms caused by a number of common respiratory and dermatological conditions by acting as a natural antiseptic to kill bacteria and reduce inflammation. This results in the clearing of mucus from the lungs and sinuses, and cleaner, clearer skin. Some of the respiratory and dermatological conditions that have seen significant improvements include:

allergiesasthmaacnebronchitiscold & flucystic fibrosis

dermatitisear infectionseczemaemphysemahay fevernasal congestion

psoriasissinus infectionssinusitissnoringsore throattonsillitis

History & Current Trends

Salt Therapy is not a fad or passing fancy. It has been around for centuries and still works with amazing efficiency and with no adverse side-affects – unlike most treatments on the market currently. Medieval monks took the sick to salt caves to breathe in the healing properties of the salt-rich atmosphere; and it has been a long-standing practice to send the sick to the seashore to convalesce and heal. While Salt Therapy has been used in Europe for some time and has spread to Australia and many Eastern cultures, it is still relatively new to the United States and Canada. However, it has experienced increasing interest and growth due to a rise in the popularity of natural healing methods.

Salt Therapy is typically offered in Salt Rooms where a halogenerator blows the finely misted salt throughout a small space – usually decorated with salt blocks or hardened salt plaster on the walls. One to Six clients will typically sit in a room for 45–55 minutes per session to gain the healing benefits of the salt, followed by a number of consecutive sessions to attain optimal healing benefits.

Recently, Pods, an even more therapeutic method for gaining the benefits of Salt Therapy have become available in Europe, Australia, and in more limited locations, Canada and the United States. Pods are designed to provide healing Salt Therapy to an individual – or one adult and child – in a cocoon-like device where the salt mist is blown-in in a slightly more concentrated form. The benefits are gained in a shorter session – just over 20 minutes – and since a number of sessions are needed (either on consecutive days or alternating days) for the client to get optimal results, the shorter session times along with the more concentrated treatments represent a significant time-saving convenience to customers.

The Pods, or as they are sometimes called, Salt Cocoons, can be conveniently placed in settings where other health-related services are provided to give customers convenient access to all of their health services in one place.

Other benefits of the Pods include:

Comfortable seated position for treatment which has been found to be the most advantageous for respiratory healing.

Units are large enough to fit a normal sized adult and child.

Listen to music during your session through a built-in music system which uses a USB flash drive port, or bring your own flash drive or iPod loaded with your music – noise canceling headphones are provided. Relax, read a book, or rest and mediate.

The salt atmosphere is contained within the unit and does not leak into the surrounding area.

Units can be adjusted to various treatment levels, depending on client needs.

Units are safe and sessions can be stopped by the customer at any time.

Treatment is all-natural with no significant known side-effects.

The Pods are compact, measuring 5.6 feet long, 3.3 feet wide and 4.8 feet tall, so they can be located almost anywhere and require minimal space. ​

Learn more about Salt Works Pods.View videos: Dr. Oz on Salt Therapy (Halotherapy)